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:: [ SVVS
Evening Meeting - Three Horseshoes, Sidlow - August 2004 ] ::Rapid onset of darkness heralded our last evening meeting of
the season which drew a rather disappointing score of only 19 proper
cars, of which only 7 were pre-war. The day had been mainly grey
with scattered heavy showers that worsened as the afternoon wore on.
Thankfully the evening stayed dry which enabled the friendly landlord to
photograph all the cars as they arrived, regular snappers unavailable.

::
[ SVVS Lunchtime Meeting - The Star,
Lingfield - October 2004 ]
::For a fair number of our members
the journey to the east of the A22 is largely uncharted territory
but nevertheless quite a few took advantage of the relatively fine
day to exercise their vintage motors. It was the maiden visit of
David Smart's new Model F Cadillac which was being tested prior to
going on the London to Brighton Run. Also there was Alan Reid's 1930
S6 Douglas motorcycle ridden a full quarter mile.

::[ SVVS Lunchtime Meeting - The Dog & Duck - September
2004 ]::The Dog & Duck is located on Outwood Hill in Surrey not far from the Outwood Windmill.
We had an interesting turnout of cars which included an antipodean Amilcar
driven by Desmond who was garaging it for an Australian friend. The
friend had bought it over and was 'doing Europe' in it prior to shipping it
back. Also there was a Mk1 Cortina built up from three cars, and rarely seen
van de Plod with his shiny XK140.

::
[ Edenbridge & Oxted Show - Historic Car Display - August 2004
] ::The Edenbridge & Oxted Show
again had over 50,000 visitors enjoying quite good weather. It was
not as stiflingly hot as it had been for quite a few weeks before
and for some time after. The week before was quite wet with floods
'up north'. Showers and cool weather dampened the joys of Sunday
and quite strong wings cooled down Monday. Full house of
Classic and Vintage vehicles with a large number of SVVS Members.

::
[ SVVS Summer Picnic - Church Farm, Horne - August 2004]
::The Great SVVS Summer Picnic was
held this year on a pleasant day at a very rural location of
Church Farm beside the rather lovely St Mary's Church in Horne.
As usual free drinks greeted the Members on arrival and this time
hosts Julie and Bozi also provided Hotdogs. A few minutes of
drizzle did not spoil what was otherwise a lovely day which
finished off in funny driving tests round the field,
eventually won by Chris Cuss.

::
[ SVVS at the Lingfield Steam and Country Show - August
2004] ::The Lingfield Steam and Country
Show is now a regular feature at the Blue Anchor site near
Lingfield. Attendance seemed to be somewhat smaller this year as
far as the cars and commercials were concerned. Steam however was
as magnificent as ever and seemed to have a few more traction engines
and steam rollers. SVVS cars were represented as usual in a well
presented paddock prepared by our Group Organiser.

::
[ SVVS Evening Meeting - The Plough, Bletchingley - July
2004] ::The Plough on the A25 in the village of Bletchingley
has again been our most popular venue for an SVVS evening meeting.
Once more we enjoyed a packed car park for our July meeting. As
has happened before, it was perhaps a little too packed as a
number of 'Cruising Cars'appeared, mainly of transatlantic origin,
together with an unaccountable number of Volvos and also a huge
turnout of M.G.'s.

::
[ SVVS Lunchtime Meeting - Surrey Oaks, Newdigate - July
2004] ::The day did not start promisingly
and, very much like this time last year, rain poured down most of
the morning which suggested the day could be a washout. Then the
rain stopped, the sun came out and it became warm, so the thoughts
of not going evaporated. Seems many did not reconsider because the
turnout though good, was lower than usual for this pub. Rain
started at going-home time, so some got wet.

:: [ Ardingly
Vintage Vehicle Show - Ardingly, Sussex - July
2004 ] ::The Ardingly Show is not one that is
noted in the SVVS calendar but is a Show that is attended by a
number of our Members including our regular 'snapper' Tony Oakes who
once again provided lots of interesting photos. The Ardingly
Show has many classes of vehicles including steam traction
engines, veteran, vintage and classic cars, caravans, motorcycles,
fire engines, vans, commercials, tractors and machinery.

:: [ SVVS
Evening Meeting - The Six Bells, Horley - June 2004 ] ::The Six Bells has turned out to be an
excellent venue. The pub is of the genuine olde worlde variety with
enough low ceilings and uneven floors to present something of a
challenge to the taller and less stable of our members. No car park
has a larger tarmaced area for our cars and amply accommodated a
fair turnout of 34 vehicles. A few spots of rain during the evening
caused a flurry of hood raising but came to nothing.

::
[ SVVS 'Cream Tea Run' to Heaven Farm, Dane Hill
- June 2004 ]
::
Heavenly weather blessed our visit to Heaven Farm for the Cream Tea.
All of our Members were seen basking in the warmth and sunshine of
Sussex and it was particularly good to see Dianne Errol at the
'do'. Many of the 'cream run' regulars attended and were seen
munching into mountainous dollops of cream and jam with a light base
underneath. Good for the spirit, - if not the waistline. Some
interesting new cars too.

::
[ HCVS London to Brighton Commercial Vehicle Run - May 2004 ]
::Normally our 'snappers' Tony
Oaks and Bozi Mohacek are at Pease Pottage clicking away, but not this
year. Two of our members who are also in the HCVS were organising the mid-way Tea Stop which has been moved from
Pease Pottage to the car park of the Crawley Football Club at Broadfield
Stadium. Oakes and Mohacek somehow
volunteered to assist, so spent the day directing traffic rather than
taking pickies.

::
[ SVVS Evening Meeting - Skimmington Castle, Reigate - May 2004 ]
::
As is traditional, our summer evening season started with a visit to the
Skimmington Castle, a pleasant olde worlde pub hidden on Reigate Heath.
The landlord had once again ensured
that no moderns crept into our half of the car park which was again
completely filled. The evening was marred by onset of continuing
rain which was the first rain for many SVVS meetings and only which
stopped as we started to go home.

::
[ SVVS Lunchtime Meeting - Black Horse, Hookwood - May 2004 ]
::
A new venue for the SVVS at this time of year, and
a diary change from The Wattenden Arms in
Kenley which is shown on the current Events Page. This was our first
lunchtime meeting of the year and a very nice day for it it was too. Pictures
show that many of the regulars attended, that is those who we clever
enough to read the magazine in fine detail and spot the change of
venue. Not all of us did, hence not a big turnout!

::
[ SVVS
Dinner - Reigate Hill Hotel, Reigate - February
2004 ]
::After the great success of our Annual Dinner
last year held at the Reigate Hill Hotel it was decided to repeat the
venue for this year's event, which proved just as successfully. The highlight of the evening was the speech
given by Sgt. Richard Cole who is the Chief Driving Instructor of Surrey
Police for both cars and motorcycles. The speech was most enjoyable
and included many amusing motoring anecdotes.